Dead White Men and 10 Brave Women
The Beulah Campbell Collection
The Beulah Campbell Collection has a number of fine portraits of people who have distinguished themselves in a variety of fields. There are adventurers, inventors, politicians, writers, artists, and social activists.
The pictures date from the 1930s to the 1970s and are nearly all white males with the exception of Eleanor Roosevelt and a montage of significant white women. Clearly this reflects the manner in which history has been depicted until comparatively recently. A sketch of the magnificent opera singer Marion Anderson and an early photo of the writer Tom Feelings represent two African Americans who have contributed greatly to the arts.
It is interesting that these images are considerably larger than their printed version. This was to allow for greater detail that would be lost when the pictures were reduced in size. In these originals we are able to see the fine detail and characteristics of the individuals depicted.
The portrait to the left is that of Andrew Jackson by James Daugherty (1936).
The Beulah Campbell Collection is housed on the lower level of the Belk library. In the 1970s Beulah Campbell collected original children’s book illustrations. Her vision was to see it used for educational and exhibition purposes. The current exhibit is in Room 028.
Please contact Celia Whitlock at 828.719.5027 or Pat Farthing at 828.262.2778 if you would like to view the collection.
Fax Service Available
starting today!
The Lower Level Service Desk now offers a mediated fax service (incoming and outgoing) for ASU faculty, staff, students and Community Borrowers. This service is available all hours the library is open.
CHARGES:
Outgoing: $1/page up to a maximum charge of $5 (no matter total pages)
Incoming: $1 first page, $.10 each additional page
Charges will be added to the patron’s library account for payment at the Circulation Desk.
Incoming faxes will be kept in a basket for pick up for one semester and will be shredded at the end of the semester.
Fax jobs will be done on a first-come, first serve basis and will be sent within an hour of receipt.
Bill Alexander: Belk Distinguished Lecturer
Thursday, July 17 at 3:30PM in Room 114
Join Bill Alexander, Landscape and Forest Historian for the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, on Thursday, July 17 at 3:30PM in Room 114 (seating limited to 125) for a fascinating look at the botanical history of the Biltmore gardens, which were designed by the founder of American landscape architecture, Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903).
Bill Alexander is the author of the recently published “The Biltmore Nursery: A Botanical Legacy.” A book signing with refreshments will follow the lecture immediately in room 421 of the Information Commons. “The Biltmore Nursery” describes the history and catalogs the botanicals of the 120,000 acre Biltmore Estate. Alexander has spent 30 years in the management and preservation of Biltmore Estate’s landscape, with a passion and determination to conserve them according to the vision conceived by Olmsted and Vanderbilt. The rich botanical history of the Biltmore Estate resonates with environmentalists, historians, horticulturists and gardeners, landscape architects, students and lovers of nature.
Olmsted, whose design legacy includes the grounds for the US Capitol, Boston’s “Emerald Necklace” park system and New York’s Central Park, was hired by Vanderbilt to create an estate in the style of an English manor. Instead, Olmsted convinced him that the land was better suited for a different concept, with grand gardens near the house, a 9-mile arboretum connecting the house to the French-Broad River and a majestic, 80,000-acre forest beyond. Vanderbilt, unlike many of the public entities Olmsted had worked for, had the resources to realize all of Olmsted’s plans.
Because much of the land that Vanderbilt purchased for the Biltmore estate had been cleared for farming and timber, Olmsted developed a plan for reforestation. He trained a team to identify damaged and poorly formed trees for removal in order to provide room for the healthiest trees to grow and thrive. This forest became the basis for the Pisgah National Forest. Today, the Biltmore Estate is considered the birthplace of modern forestry.
A trip to the Biltmore House and Gardens is scheduled for Friday, July 18. Bill Alexander will provide a special guided tour of the Biltmore House and Gardens. The cost is $75.00 a person. The day includes transportation, garden tour, house admission, lunch, and a visit to the winery.
Itinerary:
7:00 am: Meet the ASU Charter Bus at the Broyhill Inn & Conference Center, back entrance
7:45 am: Stop for Avery County participants - Shoppes at Tynecastle; Banner, Elk, NC
9:00 am: Guided Estate and Gardens Tour - Bill Alexander
10:30 am: Self-Guided House Tour
12:30 pm: Lunch at Deerpark Inn
2:00 pm: Winery Self Guided Visit
3:45 pm: Travel back to Boone- with stop in Banner Elk at the Shoppes at Tynecastle
6:00 pm: Arrive in Boone
Please respond by Thursday, July 10th to be assured of a seat, only limited spacing available. Please send checks made payable to ASU Foundations to Lynn Patterson; PO Box 32026; Belk Library and Information Commons; Appalachian State University; Boone, NC 28608. For more information please call Lynn at 262-2087.
